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Well, I've been gone for awhile, but here now I do make my glorious return.
(cue fanfare and adoring throngs)
It appears that South African inventors have come up with the "Rapex." No, it's not an aerosol spray that kills rapists on contact. Those are still called guns. What it is is a device that is inserted by a woman into the vagina if she senses she might be raped. If someone does attempt to rape her, the device effectively clamps onto the offenders penis and requires hospitalization to be removed.
Where to start?
First, it's not a bad concept. What better deterrent than excruciating pain, not to mention the greater risk of being caught if you need a hospital to get the thing off. This is the same reason guns help prevent crime. No one wants to be shot, and no one wants to tell the police what they were doing after the hospital reports the wound (at least not the ones that were committing the crime).
The only problem I see with the device is its awkwardness. Wouldn't women have to put the thing in before they left the house? And if you take into account how many rape victims know their attacker, wouldn't women have to leave the thing in all the time? Rationally, by the time you "sense" that you're going to be raped, it's probably too late to use any sort of device not in your immediate vicinity. It's hard enough to search through a purse for mace, or to run to another room for a gun or a knife; Imagine having to go get this thing, and then having to take your clothes off to put it on. Isn't undressing yourself in order to use the Rapex kind of doing the rapists job for him?
This is the biggest problem I see with this, although others have voiced other concerns. Some have voiced concerns about the implications for those falsely accused of rape, and others have said that this "normalizes" rape and puts the responsibility for stopping rape on women. I can see how the former might be a problem, but the I have to disagree with the latter. Do self-defense whistles and mace normalize crime? No, they just acknowledge that it exists, and work as modes of protection against it. It's the same for this device. And as far as putting the responsibility for rape prevention on women, I think its up to each and every one of us to protect ourselves further if we think the law an inadequate deterrent. People carry mace, and people carry guns. Both of these things put the responsibility of protection on the individual. That is not a bad thing. In the end, regardless of the law or of the police, you are the last line of defense you have.
As I said, I think that this device sounds awkward, and would be impractical in most situations. I have to applaud the concept, however.
Well, I've been gone for awhile, but here now I do make my glorious return.
(cue fanfare and adoring throngs)
It appears that South African inventors have come up with the "Rapex." No, it's not an aerosol spray that kills rapists on contact. Those are still called guns. What it is is a device that is inserted by a woman into the vagina if she senses she might be raped. If someone does attempt to rape her, the device effectively clamps onto the offenders penis and requires hospitalization to be removed.
Where to start?
First, it's not a bad concept. What better deterrent than excruciating pain, not to mention the greater risk of being caught if you need a hospital to get the thing off. This is the same reason guns help prevent crime. No one wants to be shot, and no one wants to tell the police what they were doing after the hospital reports the wound (at least not the ones that were committing the crime).
The only problem I see with the device is its awkwardness. Wouldn't women have to put the thing in before they left the house? And if you take into account how many rape victims know their attacker, wouldn't women have to leave the thing in all the time? Rationally, by the time you "sense" that you're going to be raped, it's probably too late to use any sort of device not in your immediate vicinity. It's hard enough to search through a purse for mace, or to run to another room for a gun or a knife; Imagine having to go get this thing, and then having to take your clothes off to put it on. Isn't undressing yourself in order to use the Rapex kind of doing the rapists job for him?
This is the biggest problem I see with this, although others have voiced other concerns. Some have voiced concerns about the implications for those falsely accused of rape, and others have said that this "normalizes" rape and puts the responsibility for stopping rape on women. I can see how the former might be a problem, but the I have to disagree with the latter. Do self-defense whistles and mace normalize crime? No, they just acknowledge that it exists, and work as modes of protection against it. It's the same for this device. And as far as putting the responsibility for rape prevention on women, I think its up to each and every one of us to protect ourselves further if we think the law an inadequate deterrent. People carry mace, and people carry guns. Both of these things put the responsibility of protection on the individual. That is not a bad thing. In the end, regardless of the law or of the police, you are the last line of defense you have.
As I said, I think that this device sounds awkward, and would be impractical in most situations. I have to applaud the concept, however.
